MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT I. MILLER

Maj. Gen. Robert I. Miller is the Director, Medical Operations and Research, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Falls Church, Virginia. As Director of Medical Operations and Research, he is responsible for executing healthcare policy in support of 43,000 personnel and 76 medical treatment facilities with a budget of more than $6.2 billion. General Miller ensures a quality, cost-effective, preventative-based healthcare continuum for 2.6 million beneficiaries worldwide. He is also responsible for providing strategic guidance for the Air Force Medical Service research and acquisitions, translating the Air Force Surgeon General vision into initiatives and closing AFMS capability gaps. He provides direct oversight for the programming, planning, budgeting and execution of the AFMS Medical Modernization portfolio comprising $68.3 million in operations and maintenance, $44.7 million in annual research, development, test and evaluation, funding and 482 military and civilian positions.

General Miller entered active duty in 1985 as a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences medical student. He completed his pediatric residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and his fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics at Madigan Army Medical Center. He is board certified in both general pediatrics and developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and has served as the chief of the medical staff at the military treatment facility and major command level, a squadron commander, group commander, a MAJCOM command surgeon and as a combatant commander command surgeon.

Prior to his current position, General Miller was the Commander, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas.